Originally produced as a television motion picture in 2001. Based on the book "Daybreak of Freedom" by Stewart Burns. Special features: director's commentary; featurette; historical information. Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Howard, C.C.H. Pounder, Carmen Ejogo, Reg E. Cathey, Brent Jennings, Shawn Michael Howard, Iris Little-Thomas, Erik Todd Dellums. On December 1, 1955, one black woman refused to give up her seat in a "white's only" section of a public bus. The bus stops. Montgomery, Alabama stopped. In a time when resentment gave birth to rebellion and a gesture has the power to bring about change, Rosa Parks, by her single act, inspired the will to make history and helped make a leader out of Martin Luther King, Jr. This single act is considered the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Summary/Annotation -> On December 1st, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in a whites only section of a public bus. This single act helps instigate a wave of righteous rebellion that will make history, and make a leader of Martin Luther King, Jr.

$a On December 1, 1955, one black woman refused to give up her seat in a "white's only" section of a public bus. The bus stops. Montgomery, Alabama stopped. In a time when resentment gave birth to rebellion and a gesture has the power to bring about change, Rosa Parks, by her single act, inspired the will to make history and helped make a leader out of Martin Luther King, Jr. This single act is considered the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.